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Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach

Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and p...

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Main Authors: Khazaei, Hamed, Tareq, Mohammad Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94108/1/MohammadAliTareq2021_ModeratingEffectsofPersonalInnovativeness.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94108/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08072
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spelling my.utm.941082022-02-28T13:32:03Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94108/ Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach Khazaei, Hamed Tareq, Mohammad Ali TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and proposed a novel theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of battery electric vehicles. 500 surveys were distributed and 322 were gathered. Respondents of the study were University lecturers, postgraduate students, and employees in private companies. The results of SEM analysis indicated that the developed model provides a good fit for constructs used for this research. The result showed that social influence, facilitating conditions, environmental concern, and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on the adoption of BEVs. However, respondents indicated anxiety about the battery range. In conclusion, this study has contributed additional variables such as range anxiety and driving experience to the electric vehicle's acceptance literature. The findings are significant to electric car producers and policy makers who have environmental concerns to understand consumer prospective in this field. Elsevier Ltd 2021-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94108/1/MohammadAliTareq2021_ModeratingEffectsofPersonalInnovativeness.pdf Khazaei, Hamed and Tareq, Mohammad Ali (2021) Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach. Heliyon, 7 (9). pp. 1-21. ISSN 2405-8440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08072 DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08072
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Khazaei, Hamed
Tareq, Mohammad Ali
Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
description Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and proposed a novel theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of battery electric vehicles. 500 surveys were distributed and 322 were gathered. Respondents of the study were University lecturers, postgraduate students, and employees in private companies. The results of SEM analysis indicated that the developed model provides a good fit for constructs used for this research. The result showed that social influence, facilitating conditions, environmental concern, and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on the adoption of BEVs. However, respondents indicated anxiety about the battery range. In conclusion, this study has contributed additional variables such as range anxiety and driving experience to the electric vehicle's acceptance literature. The findings are significant to electric car producers and policy makers who have environmental concerns to understand consumer prospective in this field.
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author Khazaei, Hamed
Tareq, Mohammad Ali
author_facet Khazaei, Hamed
Tareq, Mohammad Ali
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title Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
title_short Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
title_full Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
title_fullStr Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
title_full_unstemmed Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach
title_sort moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of bevs in malaysia: an integrated sem–bsem approach
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94108/1/MohammadAliTareq2021_ModeratingEffectsofPersonalInnovativeness.pdf
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